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Thinking Quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn

14 Thinking quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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If you’re looking for a brief, meditative take on how we process thoughts, this set of fourteen quotes from Jon Kabat‑Zinn provides a gentle entry point. The selections weave together mindfulness practice and everyday cognition, giving you a calm perspective on the mental habits that shape our lives.

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Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are…

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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.

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Awareness Is Not The Same As ThoughtMore Like A Vessel Which Can Hold And Contain Our Thinking

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Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing…

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Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once…

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"Resting in awareness" is one of those phrases used a lot by people who practice mindfulness. But when I tried to do…

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“Awareness is not the same as thinking. It is a complementary form of intelligence, a way of knowing that is at least…

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Even though in principle we may "know better", we routinely succumb all the same to the incessant, often frantic and unexamined busyness…

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It’s interesting to look at your children as line-in Zen masters who can put their finger on places where you’re resistant, or…

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It is a form of violence, to not see a being for who he or she really is. You think, "Oh, that's…

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Wherever you go, there you are. Whatever you wind up doing, that's what you've wound up doing. Whatever you are thinking right…

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Another way to look at meditation is to view thinking itself as a waterfall, a cascading of thought. In cultivating mindfulness, we…

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Awareness is not the same as thought. It lies beyond thinking, although it makes no use of thinking, honoring it's value and…

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In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some…

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Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.

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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.

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“One practical way to do this is to look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your…

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I thought it was a stroke of genius that Hans Selye used the word stress, because it's true that if you don't know how…

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“dwell in stillness and to observe without reacting and without judging.”

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Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.

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The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.

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“Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.”

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Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using…

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